Anders Breivik

HARTFORD — Reputed gang leader Donald "Amen" Raynor was sentenced Monday to 60 years in prison for the June 2007 murder of rival gang member Delano Gray. Superior Court Judge Hunchu Kwak called Raynor — a two-time convicted felon with a list of pending serious criminal charges — a "very violent and dangerous man who poses a danger to society," before sentencing him to the maximum term. A defiant Raynor, 29, standing before Kwak, dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit, insisted he was innocent. He told Gray's mother, who was seated in the crowded courtroom, that while he was sorry for her loss, "I surely did not kill your son." ...

David Greig remembers walking with his 12-year-old son in the Scottish Highlands in July 2011 when they stopped at a remote town, picked up a newspaper and were stunned at the news: 33-year-old Anders Breivik killed 69 people and wounded 33 others, mostly...

The online user who investigators believe was Adam Lanza chose weaponry for a shooting game that mirrored the firearms he used in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
In his player profile for Combat Arms, a high-tech realistic shooting game,...

In posts on gun message boards and gaming chat rooms, a user who authorities believe was Newtown gunman Adam Lanza showed a technical prowess about weapons and computers, a "fetish" for a certain bullet and a near-fixation with correcting...

At least three times in the past five weeks, the state police have attended law enforcement conferences where they discussed details of the Dec. 14 Newtown school shooting investigation, state records show.
State police have gone to conferences in Las...

Before carrying out the Dec. 14 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Adam Lanza conducted research on several mass murders, sources close to the investigation into the shooting have told The Courant.
The Courant had previously reported that...

Investigators have a theory that Adam Lanza's interest in Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik might have led to the Dec. 14 massacre that left 20 children and six women dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
The theory is based in part on...

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A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed 26 people, including 20 children, on Friday. It is among the world's worst mass shootings. Here is a look at...

Four years after a right-wing extremist killed 77 people in Norway, Prime Minister Erna Solberg says July 22, 2011, will always remain a dark day in the Scandinavian country's history. Solberg said the victims are "remembered with love" and will...

Convicted mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has been admitted to the University of Oslo's political science program, although he will stay in his cell to study, the university's rector said Friday. The 36-year-old right-wing extremist is serving 21 years...

Convicted mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has been admitted to the University of Oslo's political science program, although he will stay in his cell to study, the university's rector said Friday.
The 36-year-old right-wing extremist is serving 21...

The Norwegian government recently released statistics about how the country's police department used guns in recent years, painting a picture of a nation where police officers rarely draw their guns and rarely injure anyone with those guns.
The report...

Dylann Roof seemed to be wandering through this small suburb with a set of racist views and little else: no school, no friends, no clique with which to associate.
Law enforcement agents are now trying to figure out how and why this 21-year-old man...

Dylann Roof seemed to be wandering through this small suburb with a set of racist views and little else: no school, no friends, no clique with which to associate.
Law enforcement agents are now trying to figure out how and why this 21-year-old man...

In the United States, it seems obvious that police officers carry guns and are allowed to use them.
In other places, however, this would be considered a provocation and a violation of law.
In Britain, Ireland, Norway, Iceland and New Zealand, officers...

One was a young policewoman, unarmed on the outskirts of Paris and felled by an assault rifle. Her partner, also without weapons, could do nothing to stop the gunman. Another was a first responder with a service gun, rushing to the Charlie Hebdo offices...